With only a matter of days to go before the First Semi Final, we thought we’d have a look back at the second rehearsals of the participating countries. Would you like a reminder of what we thought? Have a look back at our #LiveBlogs from their first and […]
The fourteen finalists of this year’s New Wave Festival have been revealed. They include Samra Rahimli, the Azerbaijani representative at the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. The finalists are: Armenia – Saro Gevorgyan Australia – Alfie Arcuri Azerbaijan – Samra Rahimli Belarus – CHEICHAI Bulgaria – Denitsa Karaslavova Georgia […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland scores… Day Five The Eurovision Ireland team today saw a massive fifteen countries rehearse. We gave what we saw our considered opinion, and awarded our favourites of the day the usual scores of 12 down to one. This means a top score of 60. What […]
#ESC 2021: Day Two Rehearsals Blog from 10.00 CET After the best part of two years, we finally get a proper rehearsal of performances for a Eurovision Song Contest! Yes, at 09.00 BST/10.00 CET we kick off with the first songs from the First Semi-Final. REMEMBER: This year […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviewed… Over several weeks, we at Eurovision Ireland reviewed the 39 songs participating in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. If you’ve not watched our shows, you can click on the links below. We would like to thank our guest reviewers, amongst them Big Daddy Karsten […]
#ESC2021: Eurovision Ireland reviews… Part III: The East We’re getting closer to the contest in Rotterdam. Are you excited? We at Eurovision Ireland most definitely are. As a way to keep us occupied, we’re reviewing the 39 songs over seven panel reviews. This is our third one, which […]
Over the course of April and May, on the lead up to the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, we will be celebrating the countries that are participating this year in Rotterdam. Today, we celebrate Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan debuted at the Contest in 2008, in Belgrade, Serbia. Elnur & Samir finished […]
#PLAYING WITH NUMBERS: Semi-final One draw It’s been another important day on that road to Rotterdam: the draw for the semi-finals. It’s always interesting to see who gets placed where. Will this crucial draw sink a song’s chances? Or will it boost the chances of one that was […]
#AZERBAIJAN: Efendi reveals her song for Eurovision 2021 We know Efendi is singing Mata Hari at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest, but Azerbaijani broadcaster İctimai Television has been keeping the official release of the song under wraps until now. However, at the formal presentation of the songs at […]
Isa Malikov, the Azerbaijani Head of Delegation, has revealed a total of 229 songs have been submitted for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest – with Efendi having already been internally selected again, after last year’s cancellation of the Contest. It has also been revealed that the song that […]